These kinds of hard decisions are exactly what you want at the Oscars: nominees so strong that you may be disappointed when something loses, but you won’t be mad about anything winning.
The Munich-based ensemble returns to the Linde Center with a program pairing Bach fugues with contemporary preludes, creating a musical conversation between Baroque counterpoint and modern composition.
Members of the orchestra were collectively adept at crafting interpretations that were beautifully conceived and rendered, full of a lively character, precise coordination, and unanimity of execution that spoke to a powerfully shared orchestral culture.
“Sullivan is one of the best pianists in the world today, and he has all of the musical attributes I love: creativity, technique always in the service of expression, joy and humor, fearlessness, and pianistic mastery.” — Producer Fred Hersch
I liked the play three years ago at Shakespeare & Company when Ariel Bock directed it, but I liked it even more under Dziura’s vision. I highly recommend this show. I would see it again.
“'Hadestown' asks big questions about fear, power, climate, economic struggle, and what happens when people lose hope, and those themes feel incredibly relevant today,” says director Josh Williams. But what makes the show truly powerful in his opinion is how relatable the characters are.
From Leopold Mozart’s teaching and promotion of his son’s early career to the later compositions of Franz Xaver Mozart, the program traces the musical lineage surrounding one of history’s most celebrated composers.
The delicate, quiet, unaffected "Days and Nights in the Forest" follows four worldly, middle-class men from Calcutta on holiday together in the countryside, where the unfamiliar environment reveals uneasy truths about each of them.
The program highlights original music shaped by jazz, Iraqi maqam traditions, and collective improvisation, performed by four internationally active musicians.
The vocal works on this program are from "Il primo libro delle musiche" by 17th-century Italian composer Francesca Caccini, a celebrated singer, lutenist, composer, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era.
Hughes was born in Missouri and raised in Kansas. He was of mixed ancestry. But early on, Hughes chose to identify as black and throughout his life fought for racial equality and social justice.
Audiences still respond to Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” nearly two centuries after it was composed because it speaks directly to experiences that never change: loss, isolation, and the search for meaning.
